Jan 27
I decided to finally clean out the shed in our back yard recently. My wife left the house early on a Saturday morning to run some errands and I knew that my cleaning the shed would please her greatly. On the way out the door to fulfill my noble task, I take a quick look at the morning mail and notice a past due bill so I run upstairs to write a check. Upon reaching for the checkbook, I see there is only one check left, so I call my mom in Georgia and ask her to send me more. My mom tells me ...
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Jan 27
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Jan 26
Learn how to join with and utilize a person's current "bad" behavior. Rather than telling a person they are doing something "wrong" and suggesting a fix, validate their current model of the world, and change will occur "on its own." Many years ago my parents gave me a parrot. The first thing I learned is that parrots can be dangerous to be around. They can do major damage to your fingers and other body parts. At the time, I was living and working with my friend Reeves Teague. He understood ...
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Jan 26
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Jan 25
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Jan 24
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Jan 23
Have you ever noticed how the way you feel about yourself sometimes depends on whether or not you get confirmation of your value from others? When you enter into challenging situations with a positive self identity you will discover that you are living your life with a greater sense of enjoyment and fulfillment. I have learned a lot about nurturing a positive identity of love and appreciation from the man who taught me to train dogs. Dogs and humans both have a "self identity" that ...
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Jan 23
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Jan 22
I was walking into my office building the other day, when I realized that I always approach the door from the same side, open the same side of the door, with the same hand. Now you could call it deja vu, but I know that it has happened before, almost everyday. I am walking around in total trance. It is a good thing that I trust my unconscious to keep me out of harm's way. Without it, it could be fatal. So I wondered, in how many other areas of my life am I just wandering about asleep. Now some ...
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Jan 22
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